This past weekend at Good Shepherd Church in Camp Hill, Bishop Gainer officially received Joe Gusherowski from our parish as a candidate for Holy Orders as a deacon of the Church. Joe has spent the last year in discerning with the diocese his call to the diaconate. With the bishop accepting him as a candidate, Joe now begins four more years of intensive training in moral and systematic theology, Church history, liturgy, homiletics, canon law, etc.

It is an amazing responsibility along with his duties as a husband and father along with his own daily work. Deacons play a very important role in the life of the Church and our prayers are with Joe as he prepares for this new and wonderful part of his life. “May God, who has begun this good work in you, bring it to completion.”Congratulations, Joe!Father Al